pretend to be doing 是強調(diào)不定式的動作正在進行的過程中.

　　pretend to do是強調(diào)假裝要做某事,而不一定正在進行或者是已經(jīng)發(fā)生.

　　還有一種完成式pretend to have done 強調(diào)假裝后面的動作已經(jīng)完成.

　　pretend

　　vt.

　　假裝,裝扮,(作為藉口或理由)偽稱

　　To give a false appearance of; feign:

　　偽裝：顯示一副假面貌;偽裝：

　　“You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism”(Anthony Burgess)

　　“當你私下里追求崇高而又危險的新教教義時,你仍得假裝信奉國教”(安東尼·伯吉斯)

　　To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess:

　　假稱：不誠實地或虛假地要求或宣稱;自稱：

　　doesn't pretend to be an expert.

　　不要偽稱是個專家

　　To represent fictitiously in play; make believe:

　　裝扮：在戲劇中虛構(gòu)地扮演;使相信：

　　pretended they were on a cruise.

　　他們假裝在海上巡邏

　　To take upon oneself; venture:

　　大膽冒昧地做：使自己承擔義務(wù);冒險干某事：

　　I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

　　我不敢說你是錯誤的

　　v.intr.(不及物動詞)

　　To feign an action or a character,as in play.

　　扮演：假扮某種行為或某個角色,如在戲劇中假扮

　　To put forward a claim.

　　自稱：提出要求

　　To make pretensions:

　　假裝,矯作：

　　pretends to gourmet tastes.

　　自命有美食家的品味

　　adj.Informal (形容詞)【非正式用語】

　　Imitation; make-believe:

　　模仿的;仿制的：

　　pretend money; pretend pearls.

　　偽幣;假珍珠

　　Middle English pretenden

　　中古英語 pretenden

　　from Old French pretendre

　　源自 古法語 pretendre

　　from Latin praetendere

　　源自 拉丁語 praetendere

　　prae- [pre-]

　　prae- [前綴,表“在…之前”]

　　tendere [to extend] * see ten-

　　tendere [延伸,延長] *參見 ten-

　　pretend,assume,affect,simulate,feign,fake,counterfeit

　　These verbs all mean to take on a false or misleading appearance.

　　這些動詞都指采用虛偽的或誤導(dǎo)的表象.

　　Pretend often suggests a vain or transparent attempt to fool or deceive:

　　Pretend 經(jīng)常暗示一種徒勞地或明顯地去愚弄或欺騙：

　　“My bedmate pretended to be asleep” (George W.Cable).

　　“我的枕邊人假裝睡著了” (喬治·W·凱布爾).

　　Assume may—but does not necessarily—connote dishonesty,insincerity,or trickery:

　　Assume 有可能——但是并不必然地——意味著不誠實,不誠心或欺騙：

　　“Assume a virtue,if you have it not” (Shakespeare).

　　“假如你沒有美德的話,那就假裝你有美德” (莎士比亞).

　　I assumed an air of confidence that I was far from feeling.

　　在我遠遠感受不到自信時,我顯示出一副自信的神氣.

　　Affect suggests an effort to give the appearance of something either out of personal preference or to make an impression:

　　Affect 暗示了一種出于個人喜好或想要留下好印象而有意顯示出某種神態(tài)的努力：

　　“He affects the disdainful petulance of a rock star” (Annalyn Swan).

　　“他假裝出搖滾明星般倔傲的任性” (阿那林·斯旺).

　　Simulate emphasizes the assumption of an appearance or a form that closely resembles reality:

　　Simulate 強調(diào)外表的假裝或近似現(xiàn)實的形式：

　　“A ...verdant scum upon the surface of deep pools simulated the turf that had been removed” (John Lothrop Motley).The remaining terms—feign,fake,and counterfeit —all imply at least a measure of deliberate sham.

　　“深潭表面上青綠的浮藻給人一種假象,好象草地被轉(zhuǎn)移了” (約翰·洛恩羅普莫·特利).剩下的幾個詞如feign,fake 和 counterfeit 都暗示有某種程度的虛假.

　　Feign suggests false representation or fictitious fabrication:

　　Feign 指錯誤的表現(xiàn)或人為的制造：

　　The child feigned a look of innocence when his mother asked who had eaten the cake.

　　當他媽媽問誰吃了蛋糕時,那個小孩裝出無辜的表情

　　Fake implies fraudulent simulation:

　　Fake 指欺騙性的偽裝和冒充：

　　He faked an interest in my work.

　　他假裝對我的工作感興趣.

　　Counterfeit denotes a close imitation that can often pass for an original:

　　Counterfeit 暗指幾乎可以假亂真的很相近的模仿：

　　“Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee” (Oliver Goldsmith).

　　“他們帶著偽裝得極好的喜悅大笑” (奧利弗·哥爾德史密斯)